Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering

February 11, 2013 09:23 PM EST By: Jennifer Rocha

NSF Deadline: April 29, 2013

The Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE) solicitation is designed to promote the development of early career faculty who will become champions for diversity and broadening participation of underrepresented groups in engineering throughout their careers. BRIGE awards will enable early career faculty to integrate effective diversity and broadening participation strategies in their engineering research, education, and innovation activities. Throughout this solicitation, the term underrepresented groups will refer to and include the following: women, persons with disabilities, and ethnic/racial groups that are in the minority in engineering, which include African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Pacific Islanders.

For more information, visit:
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf13534

 

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